Was the 1980's the Greatest Boxing Era?

It's close, but not so, I think in part the whole promoter-different organization thing put a bit of a damper on it. But a lot of great fighters, great talent that unfortunately never materialized, and the force that was Mike Tyson makes it close.

 

The 80's were pretty damn great, not just in boxing but sports overall.

-Lakers vs Celtics
-Magic Johnson
-Larry Bird
-Wayne Gretzky
-Michael Jordan
-Bo Jackson
-Joe Montana
-Jerry Rice
-Eric ****erson: 2,104 rushing yards
-The '85 Bears
-The '88 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
-Brian 'The Boz' Bosworth
-Phi Slamma Jamma
-Georgetown Hoyas
-UNLV Runnin Rebels
-Diego Maradona
-Ruud Gullit
-Gary Lineker
-Marco Van Basten
-Eric Cantona
-John McEnroe
-Ivan Lendl
-Boris Becker
-Jimmy Connors
-Cris Evert
-Martina Navratilova
-Steffi Graf
-Carl Lewis
-Florence Griffith Joyner
-Christian Hosoi: Christ Air
-Tony Hawk
-Dwight Gooden
-Roger Clemens
-Nolan Ryan
-Darryl Strawberry
-Jose Canseco
-George Brett
-Hulk Hogan
-Ric Flair
-Randy Savage
-The Legion of Doom: The Road Warriors
-The British Bulldogs
-Chuck Norris
-Mr. Miyagi

The decade was stacked with talent. Not only sports but the VHS home video boom erupted. And my brothas in England know about the video nasties hysteria coinciding with the horror subgenre "slasher" movie sweepstakes (influenced by the immortal classic HALLOWEEN) like Friday The 13th, A Nightmare On Elm Street, The Burning, Prom Night, Silent Night Deadly Night, and of course all the sequels being born out of wedlock. The b a s t a r d s !!!

The 80's was also the Golden Age of Porn...

Produced film directors like John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Sam Raimi, Tobe Hooper, David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Clive Barker, John Landis...

-Star Wars
-Rocky III & IV
-The Karate Kid
-Bloodsport
-Ferris Bueller's Day Off
-Fast Times At Ridgemont High
-Bachelor Party
-The Fog
-The Evil Dead
-Day of the Dead
-Return of the Living Dead
-Hellraiser
-Re-Animator
-An American Werewolf In London
-Poltergeist
-The Goonies
-Gremlins
-Ghostbusters
-Back to the Future
-Rad
-Thrashin'
-Hot Shot
-Sorority Babes In the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
-Tetsuo The Iron Man
-The Fist of the North Star


Not only movies, but cartoon classics:

-He Man
-Transformers
-G.I. Joe
-Alvin and the Chipmunks
-Voltron
-Duck Tales
-Dungeons & Dragons
-The Go Bots
-Beverly Hills Teens
-Jem
-Thundercats
-Inspector Gadget
-Silver Hawks
-Hulk Hogan's Rock 'N' Wrestling

The A-Team, Knight Rider, Married...with Children, Saved By the Bell, Cheers, Hill Street Blues, Dallas, Dynasty, Days of Our Lives, Charles In Charge, The Cosby Show, D.C. Follies, Freddy's Nightmares, Tales From the Darkside, Magnum P.I., Airwolf, The Fall Guy, Hunter, DUkes of Hazzard, Too CLose For Comfort, Family Ties, Growing Pains, Diff'rent Strokes, Amazing Stories, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, Ripley's Believe It or Not, V, Centennial, The A r s enio Hall Show...


Not only television entertainment - s e x kitten entertainment...

-Heather Locklear
-Alyssa Milano
-Jamie Lee Curtis
-Phoebe Cates
-Olivia D'Abo
-Sybil Danning
-Bobbie Brown
-Tawny Kitaen
-Betsy Russell
-Christina Applegate
-Monique Gabrielle
-Jessica Hahn
-Vanna White
-Samantha Fox
-Nastassia Kinski
-Traci Lords
-Susanna Hoffs
-Linda Fiorentino
-Jude Aronson
-Darcy Demoss
-Meredith Salenger
-Demi Moore
-Dian Parkinson
-Kathy Ireland
-Elle Macpherson
-Belinda Carlisle

Did I miss anything???

 

Good thread, Dino :good

 

Reminiscing about the '80's Boxing without mentioning Saad and Boza is like describing your childhood Christmas without mentioning Santa Claus or the great presents.

The early 80's, especially, had so much great free network TV boxing.
Without the popularity of '80's boxing, this board would probably have far less posters and traffic.

 

you mentioned her show (Fall Guy), but you forget to mention Heather Thomas. That poster she did was just awesome.

Also, Alan Parker's Angel Heart with Mickey Rourke (most underrated actor of the '80's also left out).

 

You are absolutely correct! She actually puts the other Heather to shame. Shame on me. Many thanks to you my friend. Did this off the top of my head as I was 3 sheets deep. I forgot to mention 3 2 1 Contact as well as MTV if I may be so bold...

 

I dunno. It's my favourite era but not having lived in previous eras it's hard to say, isn't it?
It was a glorious era no doubt though...

 

Brilliant. Was a great decade, hey?

 

Christie Brinkley and Brooke shields.. But yeah I agree. it was a pretty amazing time to grow up.

 

Ali
Foster
Galindez
Conteh
Monzon
Valdez
Napoles
Palomino
Benitez
Locche
Cervantes
Buchanan
Arguello
Lopez
Gomez
Olivares
Zarate
Zamora
Canto
ect,.
Free TV
Need I say more?

 

Definitely my favorite

 

i was 14 in 1980 so it was my first full era of boxing

boxing then was way bigger than it is now / boxers were superstars / there was a british revival in this era in boxing and as a result boxing was most probably the number 2 sport in the country after football with 17 million watching fights .

ppv came in the uk in 1989 and with the extra channels it diluted boxing .

in america its much worse viewing figure and recognition wise.

 

Lol. Are you a woman?

 

I was born in 1984 . tyson was the most famous boxer when i was a kid in the early-mid 90s.but my dad told me "casius clay" was the best. And my face was like..."who the hell is this guy?"

 

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